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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:51 pm
- Forum: Condensers/Cooling Methods
- Topic: QD water connections
- Replies: 18
- Views: 258
Re: QD water connections
I used Garden hoses and fittings for about ten years but are now using braided 1/2” lines with the BSP thread . I find they don’t leak and I only need to do them finger tight . Am interested in Camlock but it looks like an expensive change . Curious , is there like a defacto standard size Camlock th...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 11:39 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Another newbie
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14
Re: Another newbie
Welcome in Bill .
I’m also keen on going double Thumper for Rum . So be keen to see your progress on this .
Agree with what AC said , PIDs are totally useless for Distilling but very useful for Mashing and Fermenting
I’m also keen on going double Thumper for Rum . So be keen to see your progress on this .
Agree with what AC said , PIDs are totally useless for Distilling but very useful for Mashing and Fermenting
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Happy to be here
- Replies: 4
- Views: 88
Re: Happy to be here
Hello and welcome!! I started with a 5 gal Vevor. Make sure you get rid of all the silicone if you haven't yet. There are a few good thread on here for improving that still. I found my condenser to be waaaaay to small. There is a ton of good info here. Enjoy the ride! Just curious...Why get rid of ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Stills and still building information
- Topic: Simple Beer Keg Pot Still?
- Replies: 196
- Views: 17139
Re: Simple Beer Keg Pot Still?
Cool . Think of your still head like a cast iron pan . Once you have “seasoned” it , (IE done an alcohol run through it ) , just a quick rinse is all it needs . Don’t scrub it back to bare metal after every use . In a similar way that the seasoning of a cast iron pan protects it from rusting , the p...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: Related Electric Accessories
- Topic: Variable Power Controller Wiring
- Replies: 35
- Views: 486
Re: Variable Power Controller Wiring
Lights will pulse on & off with the power setting you choose. It will flash slow at low power and will stay on at 100% power. Not correct. Depends if it is in Time proportional or Burstfire mode . Time proportional mode uses Mark/space and has a period of about 1second ( If I can remember when ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Related Electric Accessories
- Topic: Variable Power Controller Wiring
- Replies: 35
- Views: 486
Re: Variable Power Controller Wiring
Wiring looks good to me .Looks like you sorted uour double up connections no worries
Test it with all those things SMF said . Just add that if using a Lamp , use an old incandescent lamp not one of those LED or Compact Fluoro ones .
Test it with all those things SMF said . Just add that if using a Lamp , use an old incandescent lamp not one of those LED or Compact Fluoro ones .
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:14 pm
- Forum: Legalization of Home Distilling
- Topic: West Virginia makes it legal?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 407
Re: West Virginia makes it legal?
I don’t do Imperial well but 5 US gal = 18.92 litres . A standard drink is 30ml @40% abv I was wondering were they might have got the 5gal limit from . My Gastro Surgeon recently told me that they have dropped the considered safe amount to drink to 2 standard drinks for 4 nights a week with three da...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:04 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Novice's first steps
- Replies: 4
- Views: 106
Re: Novice's first steps
Welcome to the forum johnny .
Glad you are making good use of the site .
Good luck with your Rum adventures .
Glad you are making good use of the site .
Good luck with your Rum adventures .
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:01 pm
- Forum: Legalization of Home Distilling
- Topic: West Virginia makes it legal?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 407
Re: West Virginia makes it legal?
Is this legit? Maybe. Sometimes libertarian things happen by accident. A long while back, making wine and beer became legal at the federal level. Next step is for Homedistillers to be able to distill the beer and wine we can legally make. And that there is the whole joke of the matter . I prefer to...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: Stills and still building information
- Topic: Simple Beer Keg Pot Still?
- Replies: 196
- Views: 17139
Re: Simple Beer Keg Pot Still?
More so the still head . If you haven’t rinsed it already , have a look inside it . I bet its going green already .deanodeano wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:30 am Thank you Mooseman! That makes sense. I did not know that.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Pot run: how low and how slow?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10303
Re: Pot run: how low and how slow?
Riser? I’ve got a 3 gallon Vexar still with thumper. Right from Amazon. Check it out. Get back with me. Plz Guess'n you got one of these .This is the Riser . Vevor Riser.jpg Some don't have the copper bit .But the Flexable Stainless is still a riser . Vevor 2 Riser.jpg Just be super carefull distil...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: 1 litre alembic pot still huffing on vinegar run?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 145
Re: 1 litre alembic pot still huffing on vinegar run?
And don't forget to Immediately rinse it out with fresh water . Vinegar will start corroding copper very quickly .
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:57 am
- Forum: Safety and Related Issues
- Topic: Is this Immersion Heater Safe for Distilling
- Replies: 1
- Views: 77
Re: Is this Immersion Heater Safe for Distilling
Looks pretty much identical to the one I’m going to be using soon . I’m not worried .
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
- Replies: 29
- Views: 799
Re: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
Anyway , I totally get your decision to use an external controller to not void your warrantee
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
- Replies: 29
- Views: 799
Re: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
During testing we cycled the relays 5 times per second (25times faster than what you can set in the settings of the device). We then overloaded the relays with 30amps (substantially more than what they are used.) We then cycled them on and off for months at this highly accelerated testing and confi...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Pot Distillation/Thumper and Design
- Topic: bypass thumper?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 138
Re: bypass thumper?
Fiveoclock I’m guessing you just posted that pic for clarity . In your other topic , you show a Vevor still . https://homedistiller.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7779766#p7779766 If I am correct , they sell it as a thumper but it does not have a tube inside that goes to the bottom . It is in fact a Slob...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:59 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: whats your music
- Replies: 2657
- Views: 240212
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:41 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Wash or dunder
- Replies: 10
- Views: 187
Re: Wash or dunder
Sorry I definitely meant 100 proof! It's early here and my math wasn't mathing.I have been collecting my dunder for the next run but thought it might be good to use to water it down to 40 proof. Thanks for your reply. Hee hee , you need to get your proofs and ABV ‘s in order . Proof is …. In my opi...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:18 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Cigars - what are you smoking
- Replies: 18
- Views: 301
Re: Cigars - what are you smoking
Used to smoke , mostly rollies …. After many failed attempts finally quit the Bipda about 18 years ago. But after a few years , I decided to partake in a Cigar circa Christmas /New year and developed the habit of purchasing a small box of these nasty little fuckers . IMG_9918.jpeg They are tiny wee ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:44 am
- Forum: Off-Topic Discussion
- Topic: Knee replacement
- Replies: 50
- Views: 3302
Re: Knee replacement
Fetching your own beer also helps with rehabilitation after such events. Not saying that as a smart arse Shady, those who have met me in person know I've got more busted and wonky bits that the average person. What he said ….. and talk about wonky :ebiggrin: Not really Salty :wink: Hey glad to hear...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Wash or dunder
- Replies: 10
- Views: 187
Re: Wash or dunder
:shock: 100abv ….. that be impossible … well unless you have some very special laboratory equipment: :ewink: Umm surely you mean 100proof ( 50% abv ) We recommend using low wines at no more than 80 proof ( 40% abv) If you did end up with low wines that are 100proof ( 50%abv) from a stripping run , t...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Stilling questions
- Topic: ? on tails
- Replies: 23
- Views: 423
Re: ? on tails
Depends what I'm making. 24% for aged with lots of flavor, 35% for light, or white rums. If emulating a rum from a particular distillery, whatever they run to. I don't really have go-to recipes and methods and like to spend time researching to get a pretty good idea of what I intend to do before pu...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
- Replies: 29
- Views: 799
Re: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
So looking back at the wiring diagram I put on the other topic , it would be a piece of cake . Simply insert an SSVR in the Common Neutral wire to the elements . That means you can then use any combination of elements via the Brewzilla control panel and an have power adjustment . Obviously you set B...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:20 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
- Replies: 29
- Views: 799
Re: Brewzilla 35l gen 4 with power controller
I just found the specs for that relay . 100,000electical operations and thats at 10% duty cycle . IMG_9908.jpeg https://datasheetspdf.com/mobile/1350755/Ningbo/JT105F-1/1 Haven’t had coffee yet , but your saying roughly clicks every two seconds . So 1 cycle is say 4 seconds . Thats 15 per minute , 9...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:37 am
- Forum: ** Welcome Center **
- Topic: Thank you for this brilliant resource
- Replies: 3
- Views: 102
Re: Thank you for this brilliant resource
All the brilliant resources in the world are useless unless someone wants to sit and look at them .
So thankyou and welcome to Home Distiller Forum
So thankyou and welcome to Home Distiller Forum
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Forum Rules, Notifications and Helpful Hints
- Topic: Flipp'n Pictures
- Replies: 10
- Views: 439
Re: Flipp'n Pictures
I’m sure you are correct Normandie . As I understand it , our version of pHp does strip the metadata off which would explain it . However I remember a while back using an app that could check the Metadata of a file and it sis indeed seem that our forum was doing that . I subsequently posted a pic wi...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Grains
- Topic: Best Purchase Ever!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 186
Re: Best Purchase Ever!
Classic ,
Now you need to udgrade that Zacher fresh ground Corn label
Now you need to udgrade that Zacher fresh ground Corn label
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Steam Mashing and Distilling
- Topic: Mash tun / stripping still
- Replies: 164
- Views: 4694
Re: Mash tun / stripping still
Getting there Bolverk . Hey I wonder if all that water is just the steam condensing in the piping ? Maybe if you wait until the Pipes get up to temp , the water issue might stop or slow .
Do you reckon lagging it would help ?
Do you reckon lagging it would help ?
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: Novice Distillers
- Topic: White Rum flavour too strong
- Replies: 20
- Views: 378
Re: White Rum flavour too strong
Only time I did single runs was when I bought my still and the instructions said to do that .
Once I found this forum and actually started to understand things a bit better , I tried double distilling ( Strip then Spirit run) and have never looked back .
Once I found this forum and actually started to understand things a bit better , I tried double distilling ( Strip then Spirit run) and have never looked back .
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:06 am
- Forum: Meet & Mingle & Events
- Topic: Southeast Meetup 2024
- Replies: 52
- Views: 7168
Re: Southeast Meetup 2024
Hope you fellas have a ball . First couple I went to I was like a kid in a Candy store . I’s read all about this USSJM , never made it but wanted to try it . Then how did my Rum taste compared to others ? Did everyone’s Rum all kinda taste the same but totally different to the shop bought stuff . Th...